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Will the Dow Ever Hit 50,000?
Even Alan Greenspan doesn't know the answer to this one. In fact, the experts are sharply divided — some saying that the techno-boom has changed the economy so fundamentally that the old rules no longer apply, others maintaining that the old rules will kick in eventually, just like in 1929. Check out our debate between authors Kevin Hassett, James Glassman and Robert Shiller.

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    What was the closing Dow Jones Industrial Average on October 29,1929 — "Black Tuesday," the start of the Great Depression?

    a) 105.01
    b) 230.07
    c) 381.17
    d) 500.09

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    web resources
    Dow Jones Indexes
    Links page that connects to current indexes from markets around the globe and on the Internet

    Dow Jones Averages
    Charts, historical details and an easy way to find the average's closing levels on any day in history

    Dow 10,000 in 2005
    A Forbes.com article by Martin Sosnoff speculating on the short-term future of the Dow

    Marxist.com
    An alternative view by Michael Roberts, "Wall Street: A Total Eclipse in Sight," at the official home of Marxism on the Web